The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-01
Among the Churches.

Rev. T. j. Conner has returned from his visit
to the Pacific coast in excellent health
Evening services will be resumed tomorrow
at the First English Lutheran Church.
Mr.. Frank Ketcham will return to day from
two months stay in Chicago and resume his posi-
ton organist at the Fourth Presbyteria an
Church.
Arrangements are being made at Champaign,
HI, for a district Bible institute some time in
November DR.. j. Il. Gilbert, Of this city, will
have charge.
Mrs. Macmillan. formerly Miss Nellie BELLS,
who is now visiting friends in the city with her
husband, a member of the famous London pub
fishing firm, has consented to sing tomorrow
morning at the services of Meridian street NJ.
d. Church
The people of the Seventh Presbyterian
Church will get their new house under cover be-
fore winter and complete the work next summer.
Services will be held in the old house. which has
been moved to an adjoining lot until the new
one is finished.
hold their first meeting OF the season in the
parlors of the 7. M. G. A. building next Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. R. V. Hunter
will read paper on THE necessity OF Law
and Order League in Indianapolis"
The regular MONDAY prayer meeting for
business men from 1890 to l o'clock, will be
held in the rooms Of the Young Mems Christian
Association, No. So North Illinois street, com
mencing on Monday, Oct. 8. The meeting for
men only will be held at P. NJ, on Sunday
The Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation has re-
chosen Rev. NJ Messing to rabbi for
five years. New officers have besn elected as
follows President. Nathan Kahn; vice-presi-
dent, Edward Ducas: secretary. c. B. Fieble-
man; treasurer, B. Kaufman. The trustees are
II. Bamberger. David Kahn and II. Emden
trustees of Sabbath school: N. Rheimheiner
Joseph Schloss and E. NJ. Hays.
The semi centennial celebration of Christ Epis-
copal Church will open TO morrow. At $50 there
will be morning prayer and holy communion to
be followed by an historical sermon by Bishop
futile. for twenty years a missionary bishop in
Utah. AT 2:30 o'clock the Sunday school reunion
will take place, and at night there will be SER
vices commemorative of the work of the church
in fifty years in Indiana The exercises will
continue several days next week. including
night service Monday and day and night service
Tuesday and Wednesday.
c. D. Meies, jr.. treasurer of the State Sun
day-school Union has issued circular urging
special attention to the cause of the union in the
annual collection to be taken in all the schools
tomorrow He says: THE first Sunday in
October is the day set apart by the Indiana
SunGay-school Union, as the time for all Sun
ay-schools in the State to take up the annual
penny collection. Tho amount asked from each
school IL penny from each scholar and
worker. The money is needed and used by the
State Sunday school Union in carving on it's
a really great work has been done, how that
through the efforts of .the State union. Indiana
has the most thorough State. county and town.
ship organization in the United States land that
means in the whole worli)-if all this were gen.
orally known not school in our county
would refuse the pittance asked. Every county
in Indiana Is organized as a part of the State
organization. During the last Sunday school
year 100 county conventions were held besides
numberless township institutes. The State has
4,498 Sunday schools, 46 1913 officers and teach
with 500, 684 scholars. making total army
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